Greg Twitt

Done. Hopefully they listen to reason but I am not holding my breath…

The Australian Government paying hundreds of millions of dollars to Nauru to forcibly disappear migrants is immoral and illegal under international law, and outrageously expensive #auspol #politas

100% 🤬

'Revolving door' between politics and lobbying rings transparency alarm bell Lobbying has become big business, with around 727 lobbyists registered in the national capital, more than three times the number of elected officials sitting in parliament.

This is how broken our lobbying laws are.

Every resources minister since 2001 went on to work for fossil fuel companies & 8 ex-ministers & senior advisers now lobby for gambling💰

It's time for complete reform of lobbying rules + independent watchdog.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Hegseth reposts video of pastors saying women shouldn’t be allowed to vote The repost on X from the US defence secretary illustrates his deep, personal connection to a Christian nationalist pastor with extreme views on the role of religion and women.

Pretty sure the 70% of the world who are NOT Christian and the 10 million Australians who have "no religion" ( 2021 Census) will not be coming along quietly.
Time to see the US as a rogue nation - not worthy allies.
Time to abandon #AUKUS
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

@jennaprice.bsky.social well said!

Both the United States and the United Kingdom are reviewing the AUKUS agreement.

In light of this, and the consequential nature of the agreement, it's vital that our Parliament do the same.

The crossbench will push to ensure scrutiny is applied. Australians expect nothing less.

If one is censured by a nation's Parliament for behaviour officially found to be "corrosive of trust in government", and is referred to an anti-corruption commission for misleading its Cabinet about the "crude and cruel" Robodebt scheme, how is one then eligible for said country's highest honour?

Tasmania in crisis over billion-dollar AFL stadium The Tasmanian Liberal government is in crisis and a snap election likely to be called as the premier clings to plans for a stadium that will bankrupt the state.

I'd love to see Tasmania in the AFL. But there's a lot of footy people blithely dismissing the considerable objections to the insistence on a new stadium as part of the deal without bothering to understand them. They should definitely read this piece.

Calls to revisit oil and gas tax after government revises intake down $4bn The government expected to raise an additional $2.4 billion over four years thanks to changes to the tax on oil and gas profits. It is now forecasting to raise $4 billion less over that same time.

The great Aussie gas giveaway is set to continue under Labor 🤯🫠

This is a total scam - we haven’t received a cent of PRRT for offshore LNG exports & the weak changes Govt made last term aren’t fixing it.

Parliament needs to fix the PRRT.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

"Between this and the recent decision by the Environment Minister to allow for the expansion of the North West Shelf gas export plant, we've got to wonder what it is this Labor government really cares about."

@emmashortis.bsky.social #auspol

The ongoing loss of life, starvation and human suffering in Gaza is unconscionable and I do not accept that Australia's influence is limited. I have written to the Prime Minister asking him to use the authority of his office in a stand against the actions of Israel. #gaza #auspol
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Breaking: Australia's largest gas project approved for operation to 2070 The life of Australia's largest oil and gas project will be extended to 2070, with Environment Minister Murray Watt giving the long-awaited environmental approval for Woodside's North West Shelf proje...

I feel sick. I feel angry. I feel so, so sad.

What a legacy, @albomp.bsky.social.

I'll NEVER forgive what you've done to this country and our future.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Cartoon. Scene is a room with an eye chart on one wall. Two people are watching Albanese lean towards it, squinting. The chart says: F F S B E B R A V E Person one is saying to person two: "He's got the political capital- it's just whether he's got the vision" Outside leaves blow under dark clouds and Sussan Ley is looking in, hunched over in the cold

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So I guess they've kind of answered this question from last week's cartoon

"Approval of the North West Shelf extension would be easily one of the worst decisions ever made by an Environment Minister in Australia's history," said @grogsgamut.bsky.social.

People claiming Dutton didn’t have a strategy to win back the teal seats aren’t seeing the bigger picture here. Liberals’ grubby Advance campaign outfit has been campaigning for months telling people Greens are extremists and teals are secret Greens. This is how Dutton worked to win teal seats.

Coalition commits extraordinary about-face on 'end' to work from home A Coalition promise to send public servants back to the office has been jettisoned, and plans to cut 41,000 Commonwealth jobs walked back significantly, in a mid-campaign backflip.

A humiliating backdown on an ideologically driven policy that would have hurt services, ppl working from home & pushed the ACT into recession.

I'll keep fighting against public service cuts but have no confidence Coalition won't keep attacking Canberra.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...

Not surprised
Alex Dyson is an #Independent chosen by the community he will represent
Follow
Repost
Engage
Raise his voice
@voicesofwannon.bsky.social

'Questions of local importance': Debate off the cards for Wannon front-runners 'We're still open to a debate any day of the week.'

Some news from the Division of Wannon: Liberal frontbencher Dan Tehan appears to be running scared of debating independent Alex Dyson, pulling out of an election debate in the regional Victorian seat www.standard.net.au/story/893128...

Plus on the back of the envelop it send you to a data harvesting “postal vote application” website. Dodgy 😡

Community Independents are a shining light because in the end you are not a community independent unless you can impress a fair proportion of the electorate that you are worth them giving up time and making an effort to get you elected. that process so far is seeing the cream rising

What about a Murray cod?

There’s SO MUCH happening in Wannon.

@voicesofwannon.bsky.social are doing amazing on the Surf Coast.

Major parties rush through scandalously self-serving legislation on election funding For once, in this parliament, it seemed the government was not just sitting like a hapless duck in the crosshairs of a question time attack.

This week’s column www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

"Effective transparency and regulation would shine a light on payments that we are not going to see under the Labor/Liberal deal that's passed today."

Democracy & Accountability Director Bill Browne launching our Democracy Agenda for the 48th Parliament
#auspol @browne90.bsky.social

You might have missed it when @voicesofwannon.bsky.social announced they were endorsing Alex Dyson. It was quite some time ago now. #auspol

Advance seems to be openly admitting it has put out this flier attacking Alex Dyson before the campaign period because it would be illegal for misleading voters in relation to the casting of their vote during the period.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

The Jewish Council of Australia strongly condemns Donald Trump’s suggestion the United States will ‘take over’ the Gaza Strip and move Palestinian people elsewhere.

You can read our full statements in the latest media release at jewishcouncil.com.au.